Heater.



I HEATER. APPMDATWH NLM JULY 22, 1911. 1,045,409, Patented Nov. 26, 1912. a sMBTSfsgBET 1.

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W. R. vJEAVGNS.

HEATER.

APPLIUATION HLBDJULY 22, 1911'.

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HEATER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22, 1911. 11mm@ v Patented Nov. 26, 1912.

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WltnEE'J-EE Inventurwww@ m @fw/@wwf v ("leveland. .in the 'State ot' Ohio. have invented a certain new WILLIAM E. JEAVONS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

HEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed .Tilly 22, 1911.

Patented Nov. 26, 1912. serial No. 639,991.

To all idiom it may concern.'

Be it known that I. lViLLiau R. JEi-tvows. a citizen ol the liiited States. residing' at county of Cuyahoga and and useful Improvement in Heaters, ot' which the following' is a full, clear, and exact' deseriptioin reference lie-ing hail to the aemn'ipanying drawings. This invention relates to oil stoves of the type known to the trade as heaters. Stoves ofthis type as ordinarily constructed are provided with a heating' drinn and drinn base iiiade ot' plain sheetmetal.

lt is the general purpose of this invention to provide a form of heater which is especially adapted for the use ot' enameled metal toi' the toregi'iing parts, ,although certain other features ot' the invention are ot' more general application.

More especially stated, the object of the invention is to provide means for seeiiring a di'uni ot enameled or .similar material in place upon its eope 'ating' seating' member in such manner as to avoid liability of breaking or injuring th'e enamel; to provide a heater having an enameled drinn and di'iini base with a torni of hinge and latch particularly adapted for use with this kind ot' material; to provide an ellieient connec-v tion between a di'iiin base otsuch material and its base or supporting ring.-

l`urther objects of the invention are to provide an etlieieut and attractive seat between the di'iini proper and its seating rino; to provide a hinge for a di'iiin which is capable ot adjustment toward and from the center ot' the drinn base and biii'ner in order to insure etiicient cooperation between the burner and the biirnerengaging collar can iied by the roue plate oit' the drum seat: also to provide means whereby the drum may be swung down into proper relation to the burner without liability ot' the collar striking vthe biii'ner parts before seating upon the top of the gallery: also to provide' a construction whereby the legs which support the heater may be in simultaneous engag-ement with the Hoor or other supporting surface, notwithstanding tlie'size and number ot' the irregularities in such surface.

lith the foregoing objects in view. the invention 'may be detliie'd further and generally asro'nsisting ot' the combinations of `elements embodied in the'claiins hereto anneXed and illustrated in the drawings forming part hereof, wherein- Figure l represents a vertical sectional view taken through a heater constructed in accordance with my invention. the burner and reservoir being shown in elevation; Fig. 2 a sectional view Corresponding to the line Q of Figjl. the burner and reservoir being shown 'in elevation: Fig. a. sectional view corresponding to the line of Fig. l, the burner and reservoir being omitted; Fig. l is a detail.inperspective ot the latch and the associated parts ot the drum base and base ring; Fig'. 5 a similar View of the hinge frame and associated parts, the latter being shown in dotted lines;` Fig. 6 a sectional detail corresponding to the line 4.36 of Fig. Fig. i' a detail in elevation illustrating' the manner in which the heaterinay be supported on all of its legs, notwithstanding unevenness of the supporting surface; Fig. S a sectional detail-corresponding to the line S-S of Fig. l and Fig..

9 a detail in plan of the upper portion of the hinge frame and the cooperating portion of the drinn. Describing by reference numerals the va rions parts illustrated herein, l denotes a cylindrical drinn of enameled sheet metal.r 1

said drum having a perforated top '2 applied thereto and resting' atits bottoni upon a seat provided at the outer periphery of the eone plate 3. the cone plate being provided with an upwardly. extending cylindrical flange l and with a depending ring 5. l`aid ring being generally frusto-conieal in shape and constituting at its lower end a skirt which overhangs and rests upon the 'top of the drum base. The driini l is provided with an outwardly projecting bead ti .so located as to substaiitially abut against the top ot' the ring 5 and cover and conceal the `ioiiit between the lower lportion ot the drum and said ring. The cone. plate l is provided with a central circular opening from which depends the collar l'. said collar being se.

cured to the cone plate in any `desirable manner and having its lower end tianged outwardly and downwardly. as shown at S, the ring;l thus provided forming a seat whieh is adapted to Substantially abut against the top ot the gallery 22 of the burner.

The drum is provided with lugs l0 projecting' inwardly from the inner wall thereof and having' slots 10 therein, two pairs of 11C vertically arranged. lugs being shown and each pair constltutlng a vert-ical guideway for a 'rod 11 having its upper enlarged end fitting a flared seat inthe cover 2 and having its lower end projecting ,through the cone plate 3 and. there provided with a thread for the reception of the nut 12. By this construction, the drum is anchored to the cone plate without the necessity for employing fastenin v means liable to break or inJure'the ename A The drum and its associated parts are hinged to andsupported'by the drum base 13, which is v -al'so of enameled metal, the lower end ofthe drum base resting upon the ring base, the latter having a cylindrical portion 14:"at its upper end adapted to sleeve within the druin base-and a rounded and downwardly projecting skirt 15 below this cylindrical portion. The upper` end of the cylindrical portion is provided with a `pair of integral, oppositely arranged inwardly extending segmental flange projec- A.tions 16 anda pair of-oppositely arranged inwardlyv extending flange projections 17 and 18.' The flanges 17 and 1.8 are arranged diametrically `opposite each other, with their 'centers about ninety degrees from the angesfl. j The ringbase is also provided with 'a plurmlityV of upwardly extending integral lugs 19, conveniently located between the Vflange projections 1G, 17 and 18 and leach having an elongated vertically extending slot 420 therein, (see Fig. (i). The ring base is of flexible or yielding sheet metal, `for a urpose to be described. v

r Re erring to that portion of the heater which is adjacent to the hinge at the rear .portion and the portion which is ad] acent to the catch as` the front portion, each of theprojections 16 is provided in front of' 'the center of the base ring with an up- Wardly'projectedportion 16, and these upwardly projected portions forni angular `voir, but the gallery 29 referred to herein.

seats, arranged in front of t-lie center of the kbase ring, for the outwardly .projecting bead 21 ofthe oil reservoir 21 of the burner.

The burner comprises, not only the reserf before, the wick tubes (the outer tube being shown at 23) and the flame spreader Q4. The reservoir and-burner will. normally be held with. the axis of the saine substantially coincident with the axis of the drum 1,

the upwardly projectingspreader 24 which'l is of but slightlyrsmall'er diameter than the onlinr 7 can enter the latter when the drum provided a is swung down into latching position, and the seat 8 on said collar can engage the top `of the gallery 22.

The ring base 1.5 has leffs 25 suitably attached thereto and is itself connected to the drum base 13 by means of rivets 26 extending through holes in the drumbase and through the elongated slots 20l in the lugs 19. These slots are not only elongated, but are of greater width than their corresponding rivet holes in the drum base, whereby a certain.amount ot' play between the ring base and the drum base is permitted while prevent-ing the actual separation of the parts, as when the stove is lifted by means of the bail usually provided and' applied to the drum.

' As will appear by reference to Fig. as

lwell as Figs. 2 and G, the ring base is made of thin resilient metal, `and the drum base 13 is yieldingly connected thereto by the slots 20 and rivets 26. By this pin-and-slot connectionl and the resilience of thel ring base, I am enabled. to secure a firm bearing for the heater on an irregular surface. By seating the heater'upon the surface, the legs will generally be forced ,into contactfwith the surface by the weight of the parts supported thereby, notwithstanding a considerable irregularity in the supportingsurface. This ,action and adaptability' are illustrai'ed, in a somewhat exaggerated degree, in Fig. 7, wherein, one of the legs is shown as resting upon an elevation 27. `This will naturally tend to lift the intermediate le rs' oft the floor. Owing to the resilience of t 1e ring base, these legs may be brought into contact with the floor or supportingsurface by the springing of the ring base downwardly between the points 28 and 29, the yielding or pin-andslot connection between the drum base and the ring base permitting this downward deflection or' springing of the base, even bythe weight of the parts supported by the legs. i

The construction of the ring base and its flexible or yielding connectionv with the drum base constitutes the subject matter of a divisional application No. 727,86et, filed October 26, 1912.

Owing to the employment of enameled metal for the drum and the drum base and the liability of suoli metal to crack, l have special hinge arrangement which can be conveniently applied to a previously enameled drum base and tothe base ring associated therewith without danger of injury to the enamel coating.v The hinge construction is' illustrated in detail in" Figs. 1, 3 and '5. p

Reference has been made tothe projection 17 on the base ring. This projection is provided with a air of slots 17- which are adapted to receive the legs or prongs 30 depending from the hings frame plate 31 and L `mailman anchor the lowerv end of'4 thehsaine. This plate extends upwardly along the interior of vthe drumbase' and has, nearfi-ts upper end, a pair of angular-projections. 32 extending outwardly there/from'. Eachy A projection is -provided` with an aperture 33 for a hinge p intle and, atits- `extreme upper andfoutei' i portion, withan upwardly extending lug' Aor tions 32, the plate 31ha-s a lip. vvstruck drum basel?) before the latteris enameled.

rovided with lugsapivoted opens-aid pintle,said lugs being carried .by a nie-tal lining. pieceb suitablyseciired to 'the ring The purposeV ofthe lugs 31l-is to permit of'a limited but sufficient adjustmentof' lthe hinge plate 31 toward and. from the burner. 'As is seen'by Fig.A 1 these lugs engage the wired'edge 37 at'th'e'top 'ofthe drum base 13. By. bending the lugs Itoward each otheigfit lwill 'be apparent thatA the top of the hinge frame will 'be moved'ioutwardly away frointhe burner -while, by bending them apart, the hinge frame may be vmoved towardthe' burner. This arrangement will insure proper seating of theJ ring 8 .'onftop of the gallery A1 spring plateBS, which is slotted to i receive andv be supported by the tongue 35,' -35 bears at ent'erhgainst lthe -hinge plate' and 'at its ends against the 'inner surface of islmounted between' fthe projections 32 .and

thedrum base'. This plate yieldingly forces' the'hinge frame inwardly andholds the lugs -34 in engagement with the wired edge 37.

lt willbe evident', from the construction def:

sc'ribed,'that-the hinge frame platelcan vbe removed only by releasing the bottom 'from tliezliange segment 17, which can be` conyenieiitlyf'acoomplished by bending the' segment downwardly or, preferably, by at` i ltaehiiig the 'frame to the drum has-e before the latter is applied' tov thebase ring. It is also evident that they strain duefto hinging the drum is taken' entirely olf the enameled drumbase, with the exception of the top wired edge, which is of ample strength to withstand this st raiirf Diametrioally'opposite the frame'plate arrangedthe latein," This latch is also constructed and supported in such manner as to relieve the enameled partstromstrain or wear'. The latch comprises the plate 39 liaving iiiturned flanges #l0 providinga channeled supportingr base and a latch plate carr'iedf'byfsaid' base. The lower end ot' this base plate is deflected inwardly, as shown at.

4l." 'and is provided witlia reduced end oi' vslot ident-ends' inwardly from the slot thereby providing a resilienttongue l5 which may be bent downwardly to ,permit the tenon 4t2 to be'in'serted in place and then be bent upwardly to locksaid tenon andthe base plate is in substantial Contact with vthe innerwall ofthe drum base, but is bentout'- w'J0 channeled base plate '39 in position.. The

wardly andupwardly at its upper end and 'such end is .inserted through a slot- 46 profg vided in the drum base just below the wired edge 37, the upwardly lbent` end 47 bearing 'against such edge. The latch plate is supported by this basefpl'ate and comprises a .spring plate, the lowe'r portion t8 whereof is riveted to theibalseplate between the 'tlanges' 40, as shownfat The latch plate isoletlected inwardlyand then outwardly, extendf ing above and projecting across the top of lthewired edge 37, 'as shown' at 50; 'Th'e'exf treme upperend of, the plate is-bentfinwardly and upwardly, as shown at 5l', providing a resilient locking device whichv is adapted 'to project through an aperture 52 in the base ring and hold the said ring and` the attacheddrum and cone plate in opera'- .tive relation to the v drum 'base and burner.

It will be apparent that thejlatch can be removed only by iirst removing the tenon 42' druinin -placefai'e particularly well adapted for use with such iuiiterial,V as is also the case with theconueclio-n between the drinn i In addition to these base and thering base.

features, the manner of support-ing the burner and reservoir, the adaptability of the ring base andldepending legs to uneven surfaces, and the adjustabilityof the hinge, as well as certain other features of construction of the hinge 'and latch are of more geiieral application.

Having thus described my what l claim l 1. In a heater, the combination of a drum base, a drum hinged-to said base, a burner pivotally supported 'wit-hin said base and 'overbalaneerl rearwardly or toward .the hinge and having a gallery, a'cone plate carried by the `drum, and a depending collar carried bysaid plate a d adapted to eninvention,

gage the topof saidga-llery.

4baseliaying a port-ion oiilwliich said collar' is 'adapted to seat, and `means pivotally supporti-ng the burner within the base so thathaving collafrlfa base to Which said drinn is hinged, aburner Withln said base having a:portion,adaptedlftojbe engaged by andl to coperte l with( l. eaid collar, and means vpiv- @tallygsupi base, a `drum ,hinged tosaid base and having a,collararrangedto enter said base, a base rin on which idfdrinn baSe is supported, sai baseQ fing having 'a pair of opposed l ts` ylocated"forward of the center ot the j A j. ingandfa burner mounted on said pivots`and'.liai'fingjaV portion cooperating with and adapted, to be engaged by said collar. .Y naheaterthe combination of a drinn base, ai-driiin hinged td said base and having a collar Within said base, a base ring on whichv the. drinn base is supported, said base ring hr vingfa r ot opposed inwardly projecting tlanges, eachtlange having an angularf Seat vprojL-Ctingi iipivardlv theretroin andjsaid-seats being located in lfront otthe centerbofwthe ring,` and a combined reservoir and,.bin-nerivithin the drinn base and ring, the reeervoir renting upon said seats and the bnrneiiliaving a portion cooperating with and `adz'ipted,to be engaged by said collar.

' 6. In `a heater, the combination .of a base ringhaving anA inivardly extending portieri, adrnm baseeiijpported by said base ring,

f aaiddrum :base having a Wired edge at the its lower end anchored in said flange and top thereof anda `slot located belo f and en tendingparallel .iyitlr Said edge and adjacent thereto, alatclr baee Within said drinn bas-ef'fandyhaving its ripper. end bent outwardly `through said `Slot in position to engage siiehivfedge rand lhaving its loiver end anchored inV the Vinwardly extending portion of the base ring, a spring plate secured te saidbaseplate and having a locking portion extending above the iv'iied. edge of the drinnbase, and'. a, drinn pivotally supported by, theidrinn base, and arranged to be engagedjlandflocked by the locking portion it the spring plate. j

7. In a heater, the combination ot' a base ring having at its upper end a cvlinilrical seat .tand an iliiva'rdly projecting flange extendingjronithe top of vsaid seat, a drinn hase sleeved` iiponisaid seat. and havin-g a wired. ripper edge and provided ivith a slot adjacenty to and extending subetantially parallel withzsnohedge, a base plate having its e'nd bent outwardly having upper throiigh said slot and beneath said wired edge,-a-spring plate `secured to the l e plate and having itsiipper end einen.l ne; above and overhanging the ivlred edge and toriainga` locking projection, and a drinn piva hea t`er",`the combinationI of a drinn- V ingtheburner Within the base so'jtlatftlref iirner overbalanced and tendstilt Atoward the ,drinn hinge.

j f4', I n a heaten'the combination of a drinn l oted to thedrum base and adapted to be engaged and. locked by the locking projection on the spring plate.

S. In a heater, the combination of a drumbase having aslotbelow the top thereof, a

iexible member projecting inwardly near the bottom of said drinn base and provided with an anchoring slot therein and a slot extending from the former slot to the inner edge ot snch inei'nber, a latch Within the drinn base and having supporting portions l projecting through the slot in the drum baseV and into the anchoring slot, and a drumpivot-ally supported by the drinn base and arranged to be secured by said latch.

9. In a heater, the combination of a drum base, a flexible inein'ber within said drum base and provided with an anchoring slot therein and Ia. alot extending from the former Slot. to 'an edge of such member, a latch Within 4the drinn base and having a supporting portion project-ing` into the anchoring slot, and a drinn pivotally supported by theV driini base and arranged tobe secured by said latch.

l0. In a heater, the combination of a drinn base having a wired nppcr edge Aand provided with a slot beloiv euch edge, anchoring .means within eaid base, a hitch baee o having` its upper end extending through said slot and its` loiver end operaf tively lengi'iging the anchoring means, Said latch base having a pair ot inivardly projecting spaced tiangee, a Spring plate anchored betivecn said l'liiniges and having its upper end provided 'with locking means, and adi-uni pivoted to the drinn base and ai'iapted to lic engaged b veaid locking means.

ll. ln a heater, the combination ot a drinn base, a latch hase within said drum base and having a pair ot inwardly projecting spaced ang, a spring plate anchored between said harige` and having its. upper end provided with locking nic-ans, means anchoring said latch baee ivithin the drinn Abae, and a drinn pivoted to the driini base and adapted to bri-engaged by said locking means.-

12. ln a heater, the combination of a drinn baee, a hinge traine located ivithin Said base and having extensions projecting through lsaid baale below the top thereof, a drinn pivotally supported by Iaid (intens-ione. and ineans: iihereby said traine may be adjusted toward and trom the center of the drinn base. i

lf3. ln a heater, the combination ol a drinn a hinge traine located within said and having itsl lower end an cheied i A,hin said base and having projec tions e.\;tending through the ivall of the drinn hase. and a drinn pivotally supported by said projections, said projections having lugs adapted to be bent intoengagement through said opening', a spring plate se` cured .to the latch base and having its upper `end provided with a locking projection, and al drum having an aperture throughl which said projection*ektends forthe purpose of locking thedrum in operative relation to the drum hase.

28. In a heater, the combination of a drum hase', a member within AQaid drum hase, a' hinge fran'ie'within said base anchored to said member and having a supporting portion projecting outsidel of said base,- lugs projecting from the supporting portion and adapt-ed to engage the outer surface otl the hase, and adrum pivotally connected to the supporting portion'.

V29. Infa heater,-t-he combination ot' a drum base, an anchoring member within said base, la hinge frame havingits lower.

endfwithin said base and 'anchored to 4said member and having nearfits up erv end Vportion' projecting'through the um base ing'the vsame to the drum. base.

'30, In ailiea'ter, thel combination of a .drunibase, a drumhpivoted thereto, and a latch for securing' the drinn .to the hase. said' latch lbeing located-within vthe drum base and having a Securing portnion extending through an .opening in said hase'and having'v it@l lower end anchored to' amemher independent of said drum base.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto' afhxmy,

signature in the presenceof two witnesses. 40

lV-ILLIAM R. J EAVONS.' lVitnesses:

' J. B. HULL,

BRENXAN B. VVEs'r. 

